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Currents 008: Christopher Conselice: Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Season 1
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to astrophysicist Christopher Conselice about his recent paper that estimates the number of communicating intelli…
5 years, 8 months ago
EP62 Zak Stein on Education, Tech & Religion
Season 1 Episode 62
Zak Stein talks with Jim about tech in education, what advertising is teaching us, the role of religion in education, self-transcendence, Zak's 13 so…
5 years, 9 months ago
Currents 007: David Fuller on the IDW
Season 1
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Rebel Wisdom founder David Fuller about what the IDW is & how it relates to GameB, common IDW perspectives & i…
5 years, 9 months ago
EP61 Howard Rheingold on Our Digital Past & Future
Season 1 Episode 61
Howard Rheingold talks with Jim about his involvement in early computing & the internet, collaboration, internet risks, privacy, COVID-19, attention,…
5 years, 9 months ago
Currents 006: Jim Coan on Our Social Recession
Season 1
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Jim Coan about social recession, social origins & impacts on humanity, emergent group collaboration, 'selfing'…
5 years, 9 months ago
Currents 005: John Robb on Protest Tactics & Reforms
Season 1
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to John Robb about an article that describes the military-style tactics leading to the capture and burning of a p…
5 years, 9 months ago
EP60 Zak Stein on Educational Systems Collapse
Season 1 Episode 60
Zak Stein talks with Jim about existential risks of our education systems, revolutions, attention, educational tech, standards, 4 quadrants of system…
5 years, 9 months ago
EP59 Gregg Henriques on Unifying Psychology
Season 1 Episode 59
Dr. Gregg Henriques talks to Jim about his unified theory of psychology; clinical vs scientific, postmodernism, justification theory, Gameb, shadow w…
5 years, 9 months ago
Currents 004: Michael Vassar on Passive-Aggressive Revolution
Season 1
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Michael Vassar about how he defines the passive-aggressive revolution & the ways it could manifest in the US, …
5 years, 9 months ago
EP58 Jake Bornstein on Leadership & Clarity
Season 1 Episode 58
Jake Bornstein talks to Jim about Game A vs Gameb, exploration vs exploitation, uncertainty & clarity, leadership, decentralization, psycho-tech, and…
5 years, 9 months ago